[thomas_CFD]

Hi,

I am planning a dual Epyc Milan build and I just saw that Supermicro has a new dual motherboard available: https://www.supermicro.com/en/produc...ard/H12DSi-NT6

Anyone here that has any info/experience using this motherboard?

Best regards,

Thomas

[flotus1]

Since this board still isn't available anywhere, I doubt that anyone can share their experiences. But it's the logical successor to their H11DSi board, so most of the pros and cons will still apply.
The most important pro: together with the Gigabyte MZ72-HB0 (rev 3.0), it is the only dual-socket board for Epyc Milan CPUs available at "normal" retailers. At least once it hits the shelves
If I had to buy a board for this CPU generation, it would probably be this one thanks to a lack of other options.

[Thomas.Hansen]

Ok, so we need to wait some more...

Any reason not to go with Gigabyte? I see that most of you are using Supermicro, but the 'commercial' for the Gigabyte boards looks quit promessing, with their free-of-charge server management applications and dual BIOS stuff.

[flotus1]

Some of their advertising material looks a bit out of place. Almost like they copied some of it from their consumer stuff without checking if it fits. Dual bios for example is pretty pointless on a board that can be flashed via IPMI. And claiming "2x L3" as a benefit of Milan CPUs is just wrong, Rome had the same amount of L3. And then the piece de resistance: advertising higher memory speeds than their competitors when using two DIMMs per channel. On a board that only has one physical DIMM slot per channel
But that's just the usual marketing bs, almost everyone does that these days.

There is nothing outright wrong with the board itself, provided the seller guarantees to ship a revision 3.0. It's just a bit expensive at 850€ and up.
And depending on which CPUs you intend to use, the VRMs might hold up better than those on Supermicros H12DSi. Thir cooling was a bit flimsy on the H11DSi, at least with workstation-grade case airflow. It's a server board after all.
The reason why most DIY builds use Supermicro is very mundane: For the longest time, it really was the only option for a dual-socket board. Gigabyte entered the market deep into the life cycle of Epyc Rome if memory serves me right.